Disabled Persons Act 1981
The following section shall be inserted after section 175 of the Highways Act 1980 and section 27 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970, as section 175A of the former and section 27A of the latter—
“street” , for the purposes of section 27A of this Act, means a road or a footpath;.
In the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967—
in section 31 (provisions as to use of parking places provided under s. 28)—
in subsection (3), for the word " In " there shall be substituted the words " Subject to subsection (3A) below, in " : and
the following subsection shall be inserted after that subsection: —:
in section 42 (offences relating to parking places on highways where charge is made)—
in subsection (1), for the word " subsection " there shall be substituted the words " subsections (1 A) and "; and
the following subsection shall be inserted after that subsection—;
the following section shall be inserted after section 86: —; and
in section 104 (general interpretation provisions), the following definition shall be inserted in subsection (1) after the definition of " designation order " : —.
Subsection (1) above shall not have effect in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this section.
The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection 10 of section 20 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (provision of sanitary appliances at places of entertainment)—.
The following section shall be substituted for section 7 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970—.
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In each of sections 4(1), 5(1), 6(1), 8(1) and 8A(1) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (which impose on persons undertaking the provision of public buildings etc. certain duties as regards the needs of the disabled)—
for the words " provision, in so far as it is in the circum stances both practicable and reasonable " there shall be substituted the words " appropriate provision "; and
at the end there shall be added the words " unless such body as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State is satisfied, after carrying out any procedures which may be so prescribed, that in the circumstances it is either not practicable to make such provision or not reasonable that such provision should be made ; and different bodies and different procedures may be prescribed for different classes of buildings or other premises to which this subsection applies ".
After the said section 4(1), there shall be inserted the following subsection—.
Subsection (1A) of section 4 of this Act shall apply in relation to the interpretation of the last foregoing subsection of this section as the said subsection (1A) applies in relation to the interpretation of subsection (1) of that section. and the same words shall be inserted as sections 6(1A) and 8AQA) of the said Act of 1970.
The following subsection shall be inserted after the said section 8(1)—.
In section 28 of the said Act of 1970 (which empowers the Secretary of State to define certain expressions appearing therein), after the word "Parliament" there shall be inserted " — (a) " and at the end there shall be added the words ; or.
This section shall come into force on such a date as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.
This section extends to England and Wales only.
The following section shall be inserted after section 8A of that Act:—.
An Order in Council made under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 which contains a statement that its purposes correspond to those of this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament instead of the Order or a draft of the Order being subject to the procedure set out in paragraph 1(4) or (5) of that Schedule.
This Act may be cited as the Disabled Persons Act 1981.
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With the exception of section 8 above this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.